SUBLIMITY
\sʌblˈɪmɪti], \sʌblˈɪmɪti], \s_ʌ_b_l_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_t_i]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Elevation; grandeur; height in excellence; loftiness of nature or character; moral grandeur; loftiness of conception, sentiment, or style; the sense or feeling of the sublime.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. State of being sublime ; grandeur ; vastness ; - magnificence ; - elevation of place; lofty height;-noblenees of nature or character; eminence ;-an elevated feeling of astonishment and awe at the contemplation of great scenes and objects, or of exalted excellence ;-loftiness of sentiment or style.
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Marcy, Randolph B.
- (1812-1887), served Mexican War, and brevetted major-general for services during Civil War. From 1869 to 1881 he was inspector-general. published "Exploration of the Red River" in 1852.